It’s only depressing if you’re a JDM fanboy 😂 fuck those overpriced, under-engineered, soda cans with grenade motors. The younger generation is so stupid and pathetic it’s hilarious. I just hope nobody makes a F&F movie that includes USDM cars. Then I’m fucked. Lol
My dad had an e30 m3 and he sold it around 2013. He also had a 1967 Chevy that he sold around the same time. He also sold all of our dirt bikes lol. We were super down bad and needed the money in a horrible way but I do still give him shit about it time from time 😂
You should have been using "closest to price" all along. Please keep it this way moving forward, makes for a much more fair game, and keeps you trying to actually get close.
Really, they should be playing over/under, with one guy setting a price, and the other calling over/under, then alternate. There's no reason for the second person to ever guess anything other than +/-1 dollar from the first.
"Why are we even grown ups now?" Man, that really hit me. I love cars. I make around $70k annual. I have no debt. I should be able to afford my dream car but prices are so high that I fear I may never be able to afford something like a nice integra type r.
@@tdf123emcee2 I feel that, been driving my my 2015 fiesta ST since it was new. All we can do is continue to save money and hope that one day prices will drop at least a little bit.
Because of the economy I just sold mh mint condition 91 240sx hatch, im devastated. It was never drifted, uncracked dash, manual. Literally my dream car to the tee and its gone forever now... heartbreaking seriously.
This is why I loved when JDM and tuning culture was so underground. Now you turn 16 and have literally no options for a tuner car between the $1-3k range.
@@M67v Nah bro, screw getting creative there’s no point if you don’t even like the cars. You used to be able to get a 240sx or a FC RX7, or maybe a Foxbody Mustang as a first car. Now you want people to be creative and get cars like a Scion TC, 2nd gen eclipse and what a ford thunderbird? NO ONE WANTS THESE CARS
Go out there, buy the cheapest piece of shit E36 compact that passed inspection and go crazy with it. Thats what they did in Japan 20 years ago to those Corollas you love so much now. Underground culture is the same as always, you just aspire for ancient shiboxes that rich fucks turned into trophies on wheels. Make your own underground culture, theres tons of cool cars out there within that price range. Get something thats not completely rotten and hammer away, until your project car becomes cooler than that shitty Integra some generic collect paid 80k for. Underground culture is alive and well, but it needs YOU to carry the legacy. Buy a shitbox and make it yours, make it special! You dont need an AE86 to be the cool.
@@bklynmarine91 Yeah I take it back on the del sol, its basically a civic so there actually good. I was just thinking on the spot lol. There’s a few near me around $3k
LMAO, how much do you think a Merlin engine would sell for? "Lightly used, only 12 missions over Germany. Cylinders 6,7,9 replaced due to catastrophic cannon impacts."
i should sell my cars, but i cant bring my self to do it...paid 10k for a mk4 supra 9 years ago, 1k for a rx7fc turbo, 1k for r31 skyline thats 400+hp, r32 skyline, ke36 corolla 2 door wagon, mx5 na, eg civic....i dont have the shed space!....all these apart from the supra, have been restoration jobs ive done in the last decade for funzies... been painfull at times, but yeah...i still have a 18 year old tv....so you can kinda see...i dont pay for premium in warthunder...400hours deep and me gots a king tiger babbyy! see you on the battelfield skipper!
That S13 actually was a later car with the "sharknose" or "chuki" bumper. Pignose was on the '89 and '90 US model years, which had the KA24E SOHC. '91-'94 US model years had the KA24DE DOHC. Love the video as always!
I remember being in high school between 2012-2016, and always looking at my dream cars (rx7, s2000, etc…) and they seemed so… attainable. But now even with a good career most of my dream cars are “unrealistic”
yeah tuner cars are too expensive now before it was a cheaper hobby but now its not worth it. Sold my fun car and bought a motorcycle instaid and I dont regret my decision the bike is more fun.
I was in high school from 2010 to 2014. I wanted an FD RX-7 but they were in the 20 to 30k range. Ended up buying a 1990 Eclipse GSX for $3,000. Now I can't even find GSXs for sale. Also I don't even want to know what FDs are selling for
you can...its in the altezza, rx8, 350z,brz and 250gt skyline...do it now, its the todays kids cool cars, and its still modifyable in that market, unlike the newer stuff thats pure...not good to modify
The amount of cars I've owned that have increased in value ten fold or more is ridiculous. Back in 2001 I bought a 1989 E30 320 in fairly good condition for £450, I had a Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V I paid £300 for, a Nova GTE I gave around £100 for (body was shabby, I bought it for the engine) an 2000 E36 325 was £750. If I had all the cars I've owned in a garage I'd probably have enough to retire early 🤣
I knew people on benefits that drove turbo skylines and WRX's back in the day. Even in 2015 in high school all the boys had JDM turbos. A non turbo nissan was nearly worthless and laughed at as ricer cause that's how cheap they were
i bought a clean mallard green escort cosworth lux in 2007 from a guy that was getting divorced and needed the money, i got it for £8750 i sold it 3 years later for £11500 its now a 40-50k car now. parts were rare then but christ knows how much they are now.
Here are some of the prices i paid for my cars in the early 2010s - 1991 R32 GTR - $12,000 1997 Supra RZ - $19,000 1987 200ZR - $1,500 (Factory RB Z31 300ZX)
I love that you guys can put a sponsor video at the end, with the confidence that no one will stop watching. Love your channel. Glad you switched to closest to the pin. Even better would be a blind reveal. The prices in this video made me sad, but the delivery made be happy again.
I've never bought anything from your sponsors or your merch store but you guys are genuinely funny with the skit writing on ads. Thanks for the laughs!
I sold my Mk4 supra ( n/a manual) back in 2016 for 7k ! Now people be asking 30k+ for those things which i find funny because other than the cool factor the car wasn't special in any regard.
In 2016 you could sell a n/a auto for more than $7k. You let her go for far too little. In 2018ish a guy I know bought a big turbo 600hp electric blue supra for $60k.
5000 quid was worth a lot more back then than it is now. 78500$ in 2001 is now worth 131325$. So this video is a bit misleading since inflation hasn't been taken into consideration.
I love how Donut doesn’t flippantly plug sponsors - they actually write for it and it’s hilarious. Thanks guys for making videos that are enjoyable from start to finish!!!! Lol.
@@draginator6 Yeah it still might be but it isn't as degenerate. Right now by bidding 1 dollar above/below you are splitting the price in "half" while in price is right second player, by bidding 1 dollar above, basically blocks the first one.
@@Herio7 I think a good solution would be to make their guesses hidden until the actual price is revealed, so their decisions can't be influenced by each other. If they guess the same number, they either both get a point, or neither gets a point. Doesn't really matter either way. The chances of them guessing the exact same number are kind of low anyway.
It's too late now since everyone knows about these cars and so now everyone wants one (thank UA-cam for that). If you want somewhat decent deals you have to look at cars that aren't cool right now but are still good to drive. Things like mid-2000's BMWs as an example. I bet Saab 9-5's are going to increase in price in the future as well due to how odd that car is. The 2010 generation MazdaSpeed 3 I guess is also going to go up in price if it hasn't already due to it being one of the last analogue hot hatches without a bunch of diffs and electronic gizmos in there.
Man it hurts so bad to be young rn 😭😭 Wish I could have got my hands on all of these I live in Australia and I've met someone who bought their R32 GTR for 9k AUD in 2009
The chip shortage really affected these prices these days. Although I also think that car tuning has become a trend which made so many new generation car enthusiasts. This is not a bad thing but it certainly has bumped up the price.
And a lot of new vehicles can really be tuned or modded like those older cars did. Too much computers and stuff now. Will be even worse wjth electric vehicles :/
It's a bad realization that I knew without a doubt that the R34 was $80k. Means that I've been eyeing them for 20 years now and I watched them slowly become more attainable; eventually saw them dip to low $40k's to high $30k's in Japan and was at a point in my life where I could afford one and store it for a couple of years until the 25 year thing, but made a grown up decision to put it off a couple of years and then this happened. While I love the car, no matter how successful I might become I will not pay $200k for one.
I had a 1993 VW Corrado tuned by EiP Tuning (one of 17) 5-speed VR6, 275Hp....bought it in 2005 for $5500 from 2nd owner with 146K miles....sold it in 2007 for $7000. I knew it was special because the first day I owned it, a dude offered to buy it. I still have the ViN to occasionally Carfax it to see if I can find it again to re-buy it back.
@@CA11100 It's not necessarily solely due to these guys but youtube as a whole has heavily influenced the price of cheaper, easily modded cars. (like the mx5)
@@busystuff23yearsago15 back when I was looking for a project, about 5-6 years ago, a MK2.5 was in the range of £600 to £1500 depending on condition (for project tier cars). A MK1 was about £200-400 more, all round. Plan was to use it as a donor for the Exocet kit but my situation changed abruptly and that idea went down the toilet😂 Prices have pretty much doubled I think
@@busystuff23yearsago15 Nah man even back when used cars were cheap $3k was good for a reliable sporty car. All the other shitboxes besides MX-5s selling for $1-2k were either pretty unreliable or extremely boring to drive.
I remember going to my nephew's birthday. We went to these batting cages in LA. There was a nice looking first gen M3. At the time those things were going for 5K. A few years back S2000s we're going for about 10k. I thought about buying a RSX type S. They were about 2500. I can't believe the price for that Porsche 964. Would have loved to about it
I'm definitely kicking myself for not following through on many cheap opportunities I didn't realize at the time, but I bought a fantastic clean S2000 about 5 years for $8,500, and I'm confident I could sell it for at least double that today, probably way way more.
I bought a 2005 S2k in late 2009 for $13,000. I must have had under 60k mi on it. That's the one car I wish I still had. Damn that was fun. Depreciation will come back one day folks!
@@bradcomis1066 That 2008 market crash got you a steal for a 4 year old sports car. Meanwhile the 2020 market crash, the buyer is the one getting robbed.
@@PURENT Indeed! Things are very different in this downturn. We still have a long ways to go before we hit the bottom though. Seems like there are still more interest rate hikes to come.
I remember a time when a Toyota pickup (2wd regular cab work truck) was like 800 bucks in okay shape and even when prices started rising you could always hit Craigslist and find an older Mexican dad selling his work truck for next to nothing. Now anyone selling these trucks thinks they have the next great barn find with the prices they're asking.
I don't understand how this is crazy. The M3, for example - of course this car goes for ridiculous money in 2022 compared to 2006. To find an M-Sport E30 in 2022 which is close to stock, doesn't have extraordinary mileage and is in overall good shape, is quite a feat, while it was nowhere near as unheard of in 2006.
This video a reminder on how rich we felt back then because you could still afford those cars, even when you are broke Nowadays prices now just completely erased that feeling, & made us feel how truly broke we are, Oh the sad times we are living in now
Wow. If I had all those amazing options when I was buying my first car 3 years ago, I would’ve been in heaven scrolling through Craigslist. I would’ve gotten a very different car for sure 😂 I love my car but wow, I could’ve had an awesome car and it could’ve increased in value. Great video idea! I’m sure everyone in the office was stunned 😂
I bought my literally mint condition 91 240sx hatch back in 2012 for 900 running, bone stock, never drifted, uncracked dash, still had all interior pieces and nothing was broken, manual also.
I remember being 16 in highschool and buying my first car, 1994 Catfish Camaro Iroc Blue paint. All of those cars that were mentioned are ones i wanted bad, but i was to broke for any of them. Finally turned 19 and bought my Mitsubishi 3000gt for like 3000 dollars. I knew all the cars were gunna be worth alot soon, i just didnt have enough money back then, or the knowledge to work on them. Once the 3000gt broke and i couldnt pay to get it fixed, i sold it and started to learn to work on cars. Now that i know how to work on them, I cant afford any of the cars anymore because theyre all going for 15 to 30 k
You can only afford some fwd econobox when you are 20 today... 10 to 15 years ago you could buy e46 m3 for like 5 to 8 grand in this place where I live...
memories of seeing eclipses and integras on the side of the road in socal with "for sale" signs that were asking for less than $8k wish i was older back then
AAAhhh the time when we could actually afford cool cars. My first Audi was an Audi 80 Quattro (sedan) with 2.3L 20V I5 engine from an Audi 90 and brakes from C4 S4. Absolute bargain at just $2200. But even before it.. Got a G60 Corrado for just $1200, a W2 MR2 2.0i turbo GT for $3000. Cars were accessible to anyone with a job. Now even shitboxes cost a fortune, let alone cool cars which people might wanna actually drive.
I already commented this but, as an 18 year old it feels bad watching this video everything was so cheap before and I got the expensive end of it. Paying 9k for my GTI almost seems like too much after watching this video when before I thought It was a steal.
Between 2006 and 2015 I bought an El Camino for $1500 a Honda CRX for $500, an Impala for $2500, an AMC eagle for $1000, a Trans Am for $5000 and a DeLorean for $8000. Cars these days are stupid expensive. Used to be able to get a damn good car for $5k or less.
Oof. To be in the financial position I'm in now, 20 years ago........I'd have had alot more "cool" cars. Thanks for the trip down memory lane Donut crew!
Hey Donut, i love your equipment testing vids, what about if you do test on motorcycle gear. Jackets, gloves or helmets, anything. Can you do the test between cheap vs expensive. Riders need some content too :)
Let me rephrase, I won't watch Donut Media vids on anything involving less than 4 wheels. & if they keep calling Mustang LXs "GTs", I will stop all together.
I heard “this e30 m3 sold for $6000 in 2005” and just skipped to the end of the video. I’m sure the video is great, I just don’t want my soul crushed remembering how good we had it.
My only issue is that people go by KBB when pricing their cars now and days. When people search for their value of the car, they click on excellent when in fact the frame is falling apart or theres a rust spot the size of texas on the rear quarter panel. Normally in some situations, yeah lower milage and car in good shape you can get away with.
I actually bought a 1990 964 Porsche C2 manual with 90k on ebay in 2008 for $15k, sent the seller a check, but then backed out because I didn't have a stable job. During the financial crisis (2007-2011) era you could get almost any car for under 25k.
I bought my 200SX S13 in 2007 for a little over $2000. 55k miles, accident-free and no tuning at all, all original. Nowadays I would get 20k for this car. Unfortunately I sold it a few years ago. :) Still dreaming about it. It's haunting me.
I remember my family had a mitsubishi Galant VR4 when i was 4-5yo i really liked that car but never knew what its capable of and the history of it in WRC. Parents sold it for $3k USD
2004 - Sold my S13 Silvia conversion with a bunch of goodies, including a Bride seat, Nismo GTR grill, halogen ("brick") headlights... $3,500. 2004 - Bought a Skyline DR30 for $7,500. Sold it in 2009 for... $7,500. 2005 - Sold an AE86 hatch with a 4AGZE, Excess front bumper and mirrors, Watanabe wheels... $5,500. 2005 - Bought an NA Miata with a Greddy turbo and Dori-Dori wheels... $4,000 2006 - Bought an NA Miata with a prototype Kenne-Bell supercharger and prototype carbon fiber driveshaft - $1,000 2007 - Bought an E36 M3/4/5 for $7,000. 2011 - Bought an E30 M3 for $6,500. Ugh.
Dude ever since you added Jerry and Zach to this channel it has gotten 10x better :) and cant forget the newest member, Justin, another great addition as well.
"Nothing is real, money is fake, why are we even grown ups right now?"
I feel you James and ask myself the same thing.
I was thinking the same thing the other day
Also, we will own nothing and be happy.
Being a 2003 graduate in 2022. Big oof.
Our money is indeed fake. We all just agree that it has a value.
@@uss_04 That’s crazy I was born that year
I feel all the hurt the guys went through watching this. Especially when they started with the E30 M3 example. Makes me want to throw something.
This video was super depressing.
I won’t be able sleep on top of my insomnia!!
@@TheMoirLabel
It’s only depressing if you’re a JDM fanboy 😂 fuck those overpriced, under-engineered, soda cans with grenade motors. The younger generation is so stupid and pathetic it’s hilarious. I just hope nobody makes a F&F movie that includes USDM cars. Then I’m fucked. Lol
My dad had an e30 m3 and he sold it around 2013. He also had a 1967 Chevy that he sold around the same time. He also sold all of our dirt bikes lol. We were super down bad and needed the money in a horrible way but I do still give him shit about it time from time 😂
You should have been using "closest to price" all along. Please keep it this way moving forward, makes for a much more fair game, and keeps you trying to actually get close.
Yess I asked for this in the previous video please keep this going forward
A thousand times, this.
Never understood the popularity of "The Price Is Right" method.
When you have more than 2 people/teams guessing then do the price is right way. Only 2 people/teams do it this way
Really, they should be playing over/under, with one guy setting a price, and the other calling over/under, then alternate. There's no reason for the second person to ever guess anything other than +/-1 dollar from the first.
@@stanislavstoikov1941 sa sam s
“You used to be able to buy cars for not much money, if you had good taste”
quote it, the most accurate quote of doughnut 2022
Hello old chap! Lovely to find another English gent lurking around these yankee parts!
@@kanedaku Howdy!
@@maccaronnyy Howdy???
FBI legend needs more work 😃🤣
@@kanedaku Howdy!
"Why are we even grown ups now?"
Man, that really hit me. I love cars. I make around $70k annual. I have no debt. I should be able to afford my dream car but prices are so high that I fear I may never be able to afford something like a nice integra type r.
You’re not wrong. I feel the same way, like the ship has sailed and we didn’t get on it.
I feel the same way, still driving a 2000 toyota camry...
@@tdf123emcee2 I feel that, been driving my my 2015 fiesta ST since it was new. All we can do is continue to save money and hope that one day prices will drop at least a little bit.
Because of the economy I just sold mh mint condition 91 240sx hatch, im devastated. It was never drifted, uncracked dash, manual. Literally my dream car to the tee and its gone forever now... heartbreaking seriously.
Sounds like you could right now if you save your shi then
This is why I loved when JDM and tuning culture was so underground. Now you turn 16 and have literally no options for a tuner car between the $1-3k range.
Now you have to get creative
@@M67v Nah bro, screw getting creative there’s no point if you don’t even like the cars. You used to be able to get a 240sx or a FC RX7, or maybe a Foxbody Mustang as a first car. Now you want people to be creative and get cars like a Scion TC, 2nd gen eclipse and what a ford thunderbird? NO ONE WANTS THESE CARS
Go out there, buy the cheapest piece of shit E36 compact that passed inspection and go crazy with it. Thats what they did in Japan 20 years ago to those Corollas you love so much now. Underground culture is the same as always, you just aspire for ancient shiboxes that rich fucks turned into trophies on wheels. Make your own underground culture, theres tons of cool cars out there within that price range. Get something thats not completely rotten and hammer away, until your project car becomes cooler than that shitty Integra some generic collect paid 80k for. Underground culture is alive and well, but it needs YOU to carry the legacy. Buy a shitbox and make it yours, make it special! You dont need an AE86 to be the cool.
@@sebz7248 honda del sol would be a great first car to work on. I'd buy one now if it were 1-3k.
@@bklynmarine91 Yeah I take it back on the del sol, its basically a civic so there actually good. I was just thinking on the spot lol. There’s a few near me around $3k
This video was equal measures funny and painful to watch. Shout out all my JDM gang that sold a 100k car now for less than 5k back then! :'(
yo its oddbawz,cool seeing you here anyways keep up the good war thunder content :D
Wait you’re a car enthusiast as well?
LMAO, how much do you think a Merlin engine would sell for? "Lightly used, only 12 missions over Germany. Cylinders 6,7,9 replaced due to catastrophic cannon impacts."
i should sell my cars, but i cant bring my self to do it...paid 10k for a mk4 supra 9 years ago, 1k for a rx7fc turbo, 1k for r31 skyline thats 400+hp, r32 skyline, ke36 corolla 2 door wagon, mx5 na, eg civic....i dont have the shed space!....all these apart from the supra, have been restoration jobs ive done in the last decade for funzies... been painfull at times, but yeah...i still have a 18 year old tv....so you can kinda see...i dont pay for premium in warthunder...400hours deep and me gots a king tiger babbyy! see you on the battelfield skipper!
Im just glad I bought my ITR for 10k 3 years ago and now its worth 30k lol
That S13 actually was a later car with the "sharknose" or "chuki" bumper. Pignose was on the '89 and '90 US model years, which had the KA24E SOHC. '91-'94 US model years had the KA24DE DOHC.
Love the video as always!
Yes! Thank you
I bought my 89 pig nose for 1200 bucks in 2006, I've now had offers with in the last year to buy it for over 20k
@@slgmmv I bought my ‘90 for $2300 in 2019 and my ‘95 for $3600 in 2018. Can’t believe how much they’ve shot up.
I came to the comments just for this, I cringed a lil bit when James said pignose. Lol
Beat me to it.
I was trying to avoid this video because it's soo painful to watch.
cool
“You used to be able to buy nice car cars, for not much money, if you had good taste” that sums it up pretty much
I remember being in high school between 2012-2016, and always looking at my dream cars (rx7, s2000, etc…) and they seemed so… attainable. But now even with a good career most of my dream cars are “unrealistic”
yeah tuner cars are too expensive now before it was a cheaper hobby but now its not worth it. Sold my fun car and bought a motorcycle instaid and I dont regret my decision the bike is more fun.
I was in high school from 2010 to 2014. I wanted an FD RX-7 but they were in the 20 to 30k range. Ended up buying a 1990 Eclipse GSX for $3,000. Now I can't even find GSXs for sale. Also I don't even want to know what FDs are selling for
If only we could pay 2010 prices right now.
we could, if all of us would sell thiers cheap too lol
you can...its in the altezza, rx8, 350z,brz and 250gt skyline...do it now, its the todays kids cool cars, and its still modifyable in that market, unlike the newer stuff thats pure...not good to modify
I wish i could buy a 90s civic for 1,000 again
It's not only cars. I wish I could pay 2010 prices for video games for my collection again.
Time to get a Delorean and go 88 mph.
The amount of cars I've owned that have increased in value ten fold or more is ridiculous.
Back in 2001 I bought a 1989 E30 320 in fairly good condition for £450, I had a Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V I paid £300 for, a Nova GTE I gave around £100 for (body was shabby, I bought it for the engine) an 2000 E36 325 was £750. If I had all the cars I've owned in a garage I'd probably have enough to retire early 🤣
I share your pain. My car history would have made me rich today.
I knew people on benefits that drove turbo skylines and WRX's back in the day. Even in 2015 in high school all the boys had JDM turbos. A non turbo nissan was nearly worthless and laughed at as ricer cause that's how cheap they were
£450 FOR A E30? THE FUCK BRO?
Who could have ever possibly predicted cars would actually appreciate in value
It's wild😮
i bought a clean mallard green escort cosworth lux in 2007 from a guy that was getting divorced and needed the money, i got it for £8750 i sold it 3 years later for £11500 its now a 40-50k car now. parts were rare then but christ knows how much they are now.
Here are some of the prices i paid for my cars in the early 2010s -
1991 R32 GTR - $12,000
1997 Supra RZ - $19,000
1987 200ZR - $1,500 (Factory RB Z31 300ZX)
Ughhh to be able to buy a 200zr for 1.5k 😭 I just bought a 1984 z31 for 8.5k
@@goosemelon8 haha, I bought 2 other factory turbo Z31 manuals for the same money.... and they were in beautiful condition.
Bro tax already hitting on the R32 and Supra (I hope it's the A80 Supra otherwise it's bullshit and you got robbed) back then?
I love that you guys can put a sponsor video at the end, with the confidence that no one will stop watching. Love your channel. Glad you switched to closest to the pin. Even better would be a blind reveal. The prices in this video made me sad, but the delivery made be happy again.
I've never bought anything from your sponsors or your merch store but you guys are genuinely funny with the skit writing on ads. Thanks for the laughs!
Day 475 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back
dang, wouldn't want to be you rn
@@x2e4 you don’t want b2b?
And Wheelhouse. And Up to Speed. And Science Garage. There hasn't been much of those informative videos these days.
@@GuffisGod nah i think he means having to comment that much
Damn the dedication
Jeremiah is so talented!! puts a freakn smile on my face all the time
I remember subscribing to these guys when they were around 500k subs and I always knew they will take off and go huge. Proud of you guys ❤️
Antique tractors have gone crazy as well 😅 Used to be a decent way to buy a "homestead" tractor... now it's just gone crazy.
We need more car boys content. The gambler 500 video was one of the best donut videos.
I sold my Mk4 supra ( n/a manual) back in 2016 for 7k ! Now people be asking 30k+ for those things which i find funny because other than the cool factor the car wasn't special in any regard.
In 2016 you could sell a n/a auto for more than $7k. You let her go for far too little. In 2018ish a guy I know bought a big turbo 600hp electric blue supra for $60k.
What factors matter more than cool in car culture?
@@StanleyKubick1 reliability, handling, speed, practicality
This too much for old supra and it is just GE auto. I'll buy mustang with supercharger. If I want GT car will get Lexus.
Supras should be dirt cheap considering how slow they are.
I remember looking at 5000 dollar s2000s when I was in middle school.
Oh how the times have changed
i picked up an AP1 in 2016 for 9k...even then it was a steal of a price compared to now.
I sold my s2k for 8k it was keed and had a cel
5000 quid was worth a lot more back then than it is now. 78500$ in 2001 is now worth 131325$. So this video is a bit misleading since inflation hasn't been taken into consideration.
@@TheSuperBoyProject you could do that math yourself
@@lepep6737 are you black
I love how Donut doesn’t flippantly plug sponsors - they actually write for it and it’s hilarious. Thanks guys for making videos that are enjoyable from start to finish!!!! Lol.
I remember here in Australia you could by an r34 gtr for like 60k, now they're way over priced.
Glad you've changed the rules. Price is right rules can be gamed so easily that there is no real fun in keeping scores.
This can be gamed just as easily, just bid a dollar above or below and you have a good shot at winning. Still love this series
@@draginator6 Yeah it still might be but it isn't as degenerate. Right now by bidding 1 dollar above/below you are splitting the price in "half" while in price is right second player, by bidding 1 dollar above, basically blocks the first one.
@@Herio7 I think a good solution would be to make their guesses hidden until the actual price is revealed, so their decisions can't be influenced by each other. If they guess the same number, they either both get a point, or neither gets a point. Doesn't really matter either way. The chances of them guessing the exact same number are kind of low anyway.
@@draginator6 this is why they shouldn’t have to say it out loud but like a board and marker and flip it around with their guess
@@busystuff23yearsago15 That would completely solve the issue.
As much as I laughed, I was in pain knowing todays prices. Like god I wish
It's too late now since everyone knows about these cars and so now everyone wants one (thank UA-cam for that). If you want somewhat decent deals you have to look at cars that aren't cool right now but are still good to drive. Things like mid-2000's BMWs as an example. I bet Saab 9-5's are going to increase in price in the future as well due to how odd that car is. The 2010 generation MazdaSpeed 3 I guess is also going to go up in price if it hasn't already due to it being one of the last analogue hot hatches without a bunch of diffs and electronic gizmos in there.
This video is lowkey heartbreaking cause none of these cars are ever gonna lower in price.
And we may never be able to buy one to actually enjoy them. I want to drive a Silvia S15 Spec R badly.
Man it hurts so bad to be young rn 😭😭
Wish I could have got my hands on all of these
I live in Australia and I've met someone who bought their R32 GTR for 9k AUD in 2009
You have to account for the inflation 2,800 buck in 04 is equivalent to about 4.4k. Still better than prices now, but not as great on face value.
The chip shortage really affected these prices these days. Although I also think that car tuning has become a trend which made so many new generation car enthusiasts. This is not a bad thing but it certainly has bumped up the price.
And a lot of new vehicles can really be tuned or modded like those older cars did. Too much computers and stuff now. Will be even worse wjth electric vehicles :/
Finally, "closest to the pin" rules. Was driving me crazy with good guesses that are over but much closer than the under guess.
Jeremiah’s character portfolio has gained some real depth in the past year. Keep it up!
"Other books have a lot of... words." Lol. So true.
I saw the yellow bar is back. Great work guys!
In 2010 I was a senior and some of these cars I naively thought would depreciate more over time 🤣🤷🏻♂️
In 2010 I thought I was gonna buy a nicely depreciated R35 GT-R in 2020. Spoiler alert: that did not happen.
That was a rational thought at the time. They are insanely overpriced now. May as well mod a modern car these days
@@cuddledog142at this point the new Supra is a beter option than the old one.
@@gerarduspoppel2831 100%
all these cars with the crazy jump in price is like my b5s4 avant that I bought for $6k in 2017 and now its probably close to the 15-17k range
It's a bad realization that I knew without a doubt that the R34 was $80k. Means that I've been eyeing them for 20 years now and I watched them slowly become more attainable; eventually saw them dip to low $40k's to high $30k's in Japan and was at a point in my life where I could afford one and store it for a couple of years until the 25 year thing, but made a grown up decision to put it off a couple of years and then this happened.
While I love the car, no matter how successful I might become I will not pay $200k for one.
I had a 1993 VW Corrado tuned by EiP Tuning (one of 17) 5-speed VR6, 275Hp....bought it in 2005 for $5500 from 2nd owner with 146K miles....sold it in 2007 for $7000. I knew it was special because the first day I owned it, a dude offered to buy it. I still have the ViN to occasionally Carfax it to see if I can find it again to re-buy it back.
5:50 Totally a Shark Nose but alright James, go off. Lol
You know the irony is that Donut helped drive up the prices of some of these cars.
Doubt they have that big of sway. Plus some cars now are being bought as investments not by car guys who watch donut
@@CA11100 It's not necessarily solely due to these guys but youtube as a whole has heavily influenced the price of cheaper, easily modded cars. (like the mx5)
@@Chubby_Lemon na mx5 was always bullshit prices for pop ups and they still end up selling at 3grand, or not at all if it’s a shitbox
@@busystuff23yearsago15 back when I was looking for a project, about 5-6 years ago, a MK2.5 was in the range of £600 to £1500 depending on condition (for project tier cars).
A MK1 was about £200-400 more, all round.
Plan was to use it as a donor for the Exocet kit but my situation changed abruptly and that idea went down the toilet😂
Prices have pretty much doubled I think
@@busystuff23yearsago15 Nah man even back when used cars were cheap $3k was good for a reliable sporty car. All the other shitboxes besides MX-5s selling for $1-2k were either pretty unreliable or extremely boring to drive.
I remember going to my nephew's birthday. We went to these batting cages in LA. There was a nice looking first gen M3. At the time those things were going for 5K.
A few years back S2000s we're going for about 10k. I thought about buying a RSX type S. They were about 2500.
I can't believe the price for that Porsche 964. Would have loved to about it
I'm definitely kicking myself for not following through on many cheap opportunities I didn't realize at the time, but I bought a fantastic clean S2000 about 5 years for $8,500, and I'm confident I could sell it for at least double that today, probably way way more.
I bought a 2005 S2k in late 2009 for $13,000. I must have had under 60k mi on it. That's the one car I wish I still had. Damn that was fun. Depreciation will come back one day folks!
@@bradcomis1066 That 2008 market crash got you a steal for a 4 year old sports car.
Meanwhile the 2020 market crash, the buyer is the one getting robbed.
@@PURENT Indeed! Things are very different in this downturn. We still have a long ways to go before we hit the bottom though. Seems like there are still more interest rate hikes to come.
I remember a time when a Toyota pickup (2wd regular cab work truck) was like 800 bucks in okay shape and even when prices started rising you could always hit Craigslist and find an older Mexican dad selling his work truck for next to nothing. Now anyone selling these trucks thinks they have the next great barn find with the prices they're asking.
Jeremiah's ads are hilarious. The only channel where i wait for the ad to finish.
This is my favorite series you guys have dobe
I don't understand how this is crazy.
The M3, for example - of course this car goes for ridiculous money in 2022 compared to 2006.
To find an M-Sport E30 in 2022 which is close to stock, doesn't have extraordinary mileage and is in overall good shape, is quite a feat, while it was nowhere near as unheard of in 2006.
This reminds me a bit of those top gear challenges where they’d get like £1000 and turn up with a 635CSI
When James showed up to the rallycross meet in a Toyota MR2 which he bought for basically peanuts I was pissed
Love you guys! Bring money pit and science garage back too! Great content as always.
Shoutout to whoever came up with this sick original video idea
This video a reminder on how rich we felt back then because you could still afford those cars, even when you are broke
Nowadays prices now just completely erased that feeling, & made us feel how truly broke we are, Oh the sad times we are living in now
that was one of the best intros I've seen is a while. Truest words I've ever heard from James
The frickin sponsor segments on here are insane 🤣🤣🤣 so well done y'all.
Jerry just turning into the funniest host on donut is amazing
Please keep doing these kind of episodes the nostalgia is amazing
Lmao 🤣 car parts sent me the wrong part twice already
Wow. If I had all those amazing options when I was buying my first car 3 years ago, I would’ve been in heaven scrolling through Craigslist. I would’ve gotten a very different car for sure 😂 I love my car but wow, I could’ve had an awesome car and it could’ve increased in value. Great video idea! I’m sure everyone in the office was stunned 😂
That was actually great. Would love another ep.!
I wish these videos were longer 😪 and I wish for up2speed and b2b to be regular shows again
I bought my literally mint condition 91 240sx hatch back in 2012 for 900 running, bone stock, never drifted, uncracked dash, still had all interior pieces and nothing was broken, manual also.
I remember being 16 in highschool and buying my first car, 1994 Catfish Camaro Iroc Blue paint. All of those cars that were mentioned are ones i wanted bad, but i was to broke for any of them. Finally turned 19 and bought my Mitsubishi 3000gt for like 3000 dollars. I knew all the cars were gunna be worth alot soon, i just didnt have enough money back then, or the knowledge to work on them. Once the 3000gt broke and i couldnt pay to get it fixed, i sold it and started to learn to work on cars. Now that i know how to work on them, I cant afford any of the cars anymore because theyre all going for 15 to 30 k
I have never hated being 20 so much
You can only afford some fwd econobox when you are 20 today... 10 to 15 years ago you could buy e46 m3 for like 5 to 8 grand in this place where I live...
I’ve never hated being 15 so much
Your guys' sponsor ads are unparalleled... they better be treating you guys right for the amount of effort you guys put into them
memories of seeing eclipses and integras on the side of the road in socal with "for sale" signs that were asking for less than $8k
wish i was older back then
I saw the catfish pic (the fish) go across the screen and I had to give a thumbsup! I laughed real hard. I'm not even that high.
I distinctly remember an early ‘90’s NSX for sale asking $25k about 20 years ago. I still kick myself for not grabbing it.
AAAhhh the time when we could actually afford cool cars. My first Audi was an Audi 80 Quattro (sedan) with 2.3L 20V I5 engine from an Audi 90 and brakes from C4 S4. Absolute bargain at just $2200. But even before it.. Got a G60 Corrado for just $1200, a W2 MR2 2.0i turbo GT for $3000. Cars were accessible to anyone with a job. Now even shitboxes cost a fortune, let alone cool cars which people might wanna actually drive.
I already commented this but, as an 18 year old it feels bad watching this video everything was so cheap before and I got the expensive end of it. Paying 9k for my GTI almost seems like too much after watching this video when before I thought It was a steal.
Dr Jerry has me absolutely rolling. Very well done guys!
(reminds me of Johnny Depp)
BRO WHAT I JUST GOOGLED JAMES AGE AND HE IS 37??? I THOUGHT HE WAS 30 AT MOST
Yoo, this episode is sick, it’s JDM heaven!
Between 2006 and 2015 I bought an El Camino for $1500 a Honda CRX for $500, an Impala for $2500, an AMC eagle for $1000, a Trans Am for $5000 and a DeLorean for $8000. Cars these days are stupid expensive. Used to be able to get a damn good car for $5k or less.
Oof. To be in the financial position I'm in now, 20 years ago........I'd have had alot more "cool" cars. Thanks for the trip down memory lane Donut crew!
Hey Donut, i love your equipment testing vids, what about if you do test on motorcycle gear.
Jackets, gloves or helmets, anything. Can you do the test between cheap vs expensive. Riders need some content too :)
Different channels!
This is car stuff, that's why WE watch it for the CAR STUFF!
@@know-body2519 no its not, look older vids, you have trucks, bikes, tools, physics, anything related to motorsport...
Let me rephrase, I won't watch Donut Media vids on anything involving less than 4 wheels.
& if they keep calling Mustang LXs "GTs", I will stop all together.
@@know-body2519 did you watch the last Donut video? I hope you enjoyed it...
@@igork9691 I missed it
b/c I was busy with your mom.
Hey love the videos! But I have to say... Cars are too damn expensive I'm gonna have to do some shady stuff to get what I want now
Well, you only need 1 kidney and part of your liver to survive, so technically....
I heard “this e30 m3 sold for $6000 in 2005” and just skipped to the end of the video. I’m sure the video is great, I just don’t want my soul crushed remembering how good we had it.
These guys have the best add lol I never skip
I had GTS-T R33 8 years ago, paid 6000 euros for it. Now the prices are over 25,000 euros. 😢
Please do more of these. It hurts.
I love the videos and this one to but dang those prices so are crazy it hurts.
5:25 so true James
My only issue is that people go by KBB when pricing their cars now and days. When people search for their value of the car, they click on excellent when in fact the frame is falling apart or theres a rust spot the size of texas on the rear quarter panel. Normally in some situations, yeah lower milage and car in good shape you can get away with.
I actually bought a 1990 964 Porsche C2 manual with 90k on ebay in 2008 for $15k, sent the seller a check, but then backed out because I didn't have a stable job. During the financial crisis (2007-2011) era you could get almost any car for under 25k.
I'm still kicking myself for not importing an S15 Spec R or R34 GTR into Canada back in 2010. You don't want to know how cheap it was back then.
The doctor jerry part was hilarious 😆
I bought my 200SX S13 in 2007 for a little over $2000. 55k miles, accident-free and no tuning at all, all original. Nowadays I would get 20k for this car. Unfortunately I sold it a few years ago. :) Still dreaming about it. It's haunting me.
I remember my family had a mitsubishi Galant VR4 when i was 4-5yo i really liked that car but never knew what its capable of and the history of it in WRC. Parents sold it for $3k USD
2004 - Sold my S13 Silvia conversion with a bunch of goodies, including a Bride seat, Nismo GTR grill, halogen ("brick") headlights... $3,500.
2004 - Bought a Skyline DR30 for $7,500. Sold it in 2009 for... $7,500.
2005 - Sold an AE86 hatch with a 4AGZE, Excess front bumper and mirrors, Watanabe wheels... $5,500.
2005 - Bought an NA Miata with a Greddy turbo and Dori-Dori wheels... $4,000
2006 - Bought an NA Miata with a prototype Kenne-Bell supercharger and prototype carbon fiber driveshaft - $1,000
2007 - Bought an E36 M3/4/5 for $7,000.
2011 - Bought an E30 M3 for $6,500.
Ugh.
I like this game. It’s fun!
Also, the ad at the end of the video is awesomely ridiculous. Very funny!
I live how james is just an expert in anything vw
These episodes are so painful but a must watch...I feel the pain!!! My Mazda R100 in late 1990s for under $2000 🤣
I paid $2k for my running and driving E36 328 two years ago. Non-Ms are going for $6-8k these days. I can’t imagine 10 years ago.
letsss goo thank you for bringing back the yellow line during an ad
The Dr. Jerry’s commercials are awesome! 😂🤣😂
Did you guys get those chains from the same kiosk at the outlet malls?
Dude ever since you added Jerry and Zach to this channel it has gotten 10x better :) and cant forget the newest member, Justin, another great addition as well.
Very interesting. Good choices for the guys.
This video made me more angry at how ridiculous used car prices are right now. Thanks a lot fellas!
Easily has to be this absolute sickest thing I’ve watched all year. Dude
You know how many of us are like,”….fuck 🤦🏻.”
Not a single Impreza from NASIOC? Don’t sleep on that forum in the early 00’s, it was a wild place 😆
I bought my S13 in 2001 for $1,200 shiny original paint, no rust, no dents, 5spd, cold A/C those days are long gone:(
dude, I'm barely halfway through this video and I feel like crying
do more of these please, it hurts soooo good